Handle or grip



May 4 1926.

F. E. BESSEE HANDLE OR GRIP Filed April 13, 1925 assente UNITI-:D stares enfreint Lorsica.

FRANK E. Bussen, or Los ANGELES,- CALIFORNIA.

HANDLE on GRIP. f

Application led April 13, 1925. -Serial No. 22,708.

To all whom z5V may concern.'

Be it known that I, FRANK Il Bussum, a citizen oit the United States, residing at' Los Angeles, of California, have invented a new and use- Tful Handle or Grip, of which the lfollowing is a specification.

This intention relates to a handle or grip, the purpose of which is to prevent unauthorized persons from movingfthe handle, Vwhere the handle is for controlling the operation ot mechanism, or to prevent thev handle to be lifted, with the article to which it is attached. rIhe invention is capable ot' being `applied to many situations, tor-example, to

the steering wheels ol' automobiles, or to luggage handles. The general object of the invention is to provide a handle with simple means for preventing the handle from being used or operated by an unauthorized person; also to. provide a device of this kind which is key-controlled.

In the embodiment of the invention disclosed in the specification, the device includes aguard having spurs` which may bel operated in such a way that they will pro- Vject from the handle, and one ofthe objects of theinvention is to provide simple mech-y anism for controlling the spurs, which wlll v `lock itself when the spurs are in theirY projecting position so that pressure .upon the spurs or the guard plate carrying the spurs cannot operate to retract the spurs. .Y Y

Further objects of thev invention will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the novel parts and combination ot parts to be described hereinafter, all of which contribute to produce an eicient handle or grip.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is described in the following specitication,

while the broad scope of the invention is pointed out in theappended claims.

In the drawings: e Fig'l 'isa side elevation showing the upper portion of `a Satchel having a handle to which my improvement has beenl applied.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation ofa handlek with its middle portionfbrok'en away and shown in longitudinal section.

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan View of the handle shown in Fig.v 2.- 1

Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken about on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2,' V,and particularly villustrating the mannerin which a keymay y in the county olf Losl Angeles, State be employed for-,actuating the device, the

stein ot' the hey being broken away.r

Fig. 5 is a 4longitudmal vertical section taken at one end or the guard, ybroken' away,

and particularly illustrating the means wh eby the device is self-locking with the and illustrating a short portion of the guard 1 .when constructed as illustrated in Fig. 6. i

In practice, thefinvention may be applied to a handle or grip which must be grasped in ones hand to operate or carry the'object to which the handle or gripjis attached. rIhe improvement maybe applied to an automobile steering wheel,but in the present specification it is described as applied to an ordinary luggagehandle. i In whatever situationthe improvement is applied, the handle or grip is provided with a guard having spurs .which are normally held in a folded or retracted position, and meansisprovided 'for movingjthe guard into the extended positionl so that the spurs project from the side of the' handle.

When the invention is applied to a handle l, such as illustrated in Fig. l, carried by a bag or Satchel 2, I provide a recess or chamf ber 3 extending longitudinally of the handle,

and in this chamber or recess I mount a guard, preferably in the form of a guard plate 4c, which extends longitudinally in the recess and whichv may be shaped so as to Vconform to the shape of the adjacent side 5 of the handle. In the present instance. this is the under si de of the handle, and the lower side of the guard plate 4l is provided with a plurality of spurs 6 which may move down through openings 7 formed in the under side of the handle and in the bottom plate 8 whichl forms the bottom of the recess. The handle has laterally vprojecting ends constructedrwith means, such as illustrated, for attaching the handle Ito the satchel.

This guard is normally held within th recess, that is to say, in such a way that the points of thespurs y(Sido not project beyond Y the under sideot the handle, but I'provide means, preferably key-operated, to enable the guard tozbe moved into its operative lposition at will. l For this purpose, I provide tra at each end of the recess a toggle connection comprising a' pair of toggle links 9, connected together by a pivot joint 10, the ends of the links 9 being pivotally attached at 11 and 12 respectively to the handle and to the guard plate 4.

The toggle joints 10 are connected by 4a bar Y 13 which extends longitudinally in the re- 'sist in the guiding.

cess. The links 9 of one toggle connection extend substantially parallel with the links of the other toggle connection.

In Fig. 2, the guard plate 4 is shown in its retracted position, at whichV time both toggle joints 10 will be disposed toward the right ofthe vertical line passing through the pivotal connections 11 and 12. By shifting the bar 1.-3 toward the left, the toggle joints 10 may be moved Abeyond the dead center (see Fig. 5.). This will bring the joint at the leftr end of the handle against the plate 14 which constitutes the adjacent end Wall of the recess. rlfhis Vorganization of the parts makes this mechanism self-locking When the guard is in its extended or operative posif tion, because the spurs or the plate 4 ycannot be moved i-n simply by exerting pressure upon them.

In order to enable the lbar 13 to be operated by a key suchas the key 15 (see F ig. 4) the middle portion of the bar is formed into an upwardly extending yoke 16. y

Fig. v2 illustrates the manner in which the key operates the device and 'in this view the lkeyA lis illustrated in dotted outline. After inserting the -key through the keyhole 17 on the side of the handle, the key would be rotated toward the left, as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 2. By doing this the Ward of the key Will strike against the inner side of the yoke 16 at the left and force the bar to the left.'

lf desired, the top plate 18 of the handle may be formed With a slot 19 to Jpermit the upper portion of the yoke 16 to pass through, but the leather cover 2O of the handle should cover the yoke.

The end plate 14 and the opposite end plate 21 operate as guides for the ends of the guard plate 4, which may be Vprovided .with upturned flanges '22 at each end so as to as- "At 4the point Where the keyhole 17 is located, a Ism-all barrel r`23 is provided, the axis of which 'coincides with the axis of the key,

and the wall 'of this barrel is of cylindrical form and may be provided with circumfer-y vential'ribs suoli as lthe rib 24 (see `Fig. 4).

Then the key 15 is in position on `the centering pin 25 which "is received inthe opening in the end ofthe key, a Aslot 26 lin the ward ofthe key will align With the rib 24. This 'will prevent any other key except the yproper one from unlocking the guard plate 4 when it has been placed in its extended or locked position. :Of course,fthe position r number of these ribs 24 may be varied if desired, as is usual in key yand lock construction. i

- Instead of forming the spurs 6 as indi- ,v

ryidual spurs or pins as illustrated in Fig. 2, l may form these spurs as serrations 27 formed at the lower edge of a plate 28, the said plate being guided through a slot 29 in the handle 30 (see Fig. 6). rlhe upper edge o-f the plate 23 is attached to the under side positions. yFor `this purpose, 'l provide a spring 84 which maybe carried bythe Wall of the recess, and theloiver end of this spring is formed with a nose which may be received in eitherof tivo sockets (see Fig. 2). lllhen the bar 13 is 'operated to throw it i-nto its eXtreme position toward the'left, the nose of the spring would be vreceived in lthe right hand socket. y

Villien the ,guard device is in its extended position with the spurs 6 projecting as illustrated in Fig. 1, it would beimpossible for a person to carry the satchel or vsuitcase by means of therhandle because the spurs would penetrate the flesh and be very painful.

l/Jhen the Ward of Vthe key 4engages the yoke 16 `to shift the bar 13, of course lit prevents the middle part of the bar from mov ing down immediately when its ends move down.V lThe bar is resilient, and"springs or bows lenough to ypermit this.

lt ris understood that the .embodiment ofV the invention described herein is vonly one of the "many embodiments this invention may take, and'do not 'Wish to beV limited in the practice of the invention, vnor in the claims, to the particular embodiment set forth.

What I claim is 1. A handle or grip having a guard with .a'plurality of spurs held in a folded position, and key controlled means for Vmoving the guard into an extended position :so that'A the spurs lproject from the side of the handle.

2. A handle or `grip "having @means forseouring its :ends to -a fsatchel', and hav-ing a body with a recess therein, a guard with a plurality :of spursnormally held Within the recess, and -meansyforrmoving the guard int-o an extended position onthe vunder sideo-f the handle `so that `the spurs project beyond the outer face of 'the handle. Y

3. A handle or griphaving vmeans for securing its 'ends to a Satchel. and ha'ving a recessextending longitudinally .in its 1b ody,a guard .in the formV of a plate mounted-inF the recess and having a plurality of spurs, `and 1y-leans: vifo-r 4movingthe .guard-:into :an .ext-ended positionon the under side of the handle with the spurs projectingbeyond the side of the handl v 4. A handle or grip having a body With laterally projecting ends and having a longitudinally disposed recess, aguard in the form of a plate carried in the recess and having a plurality of spurs, and key-actuated means for moving the vguard so that the spurs project from the under side of the handle.

5. A handle or grip having a body With laterally projecting ends and having va recess extending longitudinally therein, a guard with spurs normally carried'within the recess, links connecting the handle to the guard at each end of the guard, and key# actuated means for actuating the links in unison to move the guarddownwardly With the spurs projecting beyond the side of the handle.

6. A handle or grip having a guard with spurs normally carried Within the handle, a pair of toggle links corresponding to each i end o the guard and connecting the same to the handle, and a bar connecting the toggle links at one end with the toggle links at they other end and operating Whenl moved longitudinally to move the guard outwardly With the spurs projecting from the side of the handle.

l 7. A handle or grip having a guard With spurs normally carried Within the handle, a pair of toggle links corresponding to each end of the guard and connecting the same to the handle, and `a bar connecting the toggle links at one end vvith the toggle links at the other end' and operating When moved longitudinally to move the guard outwardly Withv the spurs projecting from the side of the handle, said bar operating when lthe vguard has been moved outwardly to hold'the toggle joints beyond their dead center, whereby the toggle links lock the guard in its eX- tended position.

8. A handle or grip having a recess eX- tending longitudinally therein, a guard with spurs normally carriedy Within the recess, a pair of jointed toggle links corresponding to each end of the guard and connecting the same With the handle, a bar movable longitudinally Within the recess andconnected at its ends withV the joints of the toggle links, said barhaving a yoke at an intermediate point in a position to be actuated by a key to move the bar longitudinally.

9. A handle orl grip having af recess eX- tending longitudinally therein, a guard With supports normally carried Within the recess, a pairV of jointedv toggle links corre spondng to each end of the guard and connecting the same with the handle, a bar movable longitudinally Within the recess and oonnected at its ends With the joints of the toggle links, said bar having a yokeat an intermediate point in a position to be actuated by a key to move the bar longitudinally, and

means for yieldingly kholding the bar in either of its eXtreme positions.

Signed at Los Angeles, California, this 4th day of April 1925.

FRANK E.. BESSER. 

